Quality in Obesity Treatment
This book reviews quality definition, measurement, improvement, value, and accountability for obesity management. The interplay between quality, cost, access and satisfaction is fully depicted with a goal toward not only fulfilling current standards but a
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Quality in Obesity Treatment
John M. Morton • Stacy A. Brethauer Eric J. DeMaria • Scott Kahan Matthew M. Hutter Editors
Quality in Obesity Treatment
Editors John M. Morton Department of Surgery Yale New Haven Hospital New Haven, CT USA Eric J. DeMaria Vidant Medical Center East Carolina University Greenville, NC USA Matthew M. Hutter Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA USA
Stacy A. Brethauer Department of Surgery The Ohio State University Columbus, OH USA Scott Kahan Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public National Center for Weight and Wellness Washington, DC USA
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Preface
No disease has had more impact or notoriety than obesity in the past decade. The breath of influence of obesity is legion, affecting all fields of medicine and society in general. Obesity increases the cost of care and diminishes the effectiveness of treatment throughout the house of medicine. From cancer to heart disease to diabetes, obesity holds great sway. Obesity management is at a unique time and place with an entire continuum of care now available from counseling to medications to endoscopic therapy to surgery. The field of quality in obesity treatment is emerging and has a strong legacy through bariatric surgery, which has established a high-quality practice of care. Extending and embedding this quality of care are critical for the empathetic and effective care of patient with obesity. Quality must be bedrock for obesity treatment for many reasons. First, our patients in need deserve it. Patients with obesi
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